Nordic Sterling vintage costume jewelry

Nordic Sterling vintage costume jewelry
New York, N. Y. based jewelry designer of German origin, Frederick Bieberbach (1877-1954) worked for 23 years as the head designer at “Henry Blank and Company” located in New Jersey (from 1912 to 1935). Active from the 1890s until late 1940s, Newark firm of Blank was one of the largest and most successful companies producing jewelry and women’s jeweled wristwatches, pendants, chatelaines, as well as men’s wrist- and pocket watches.
Then, Frederick Bieberbach founded his own company “Nordic Silver Co Inc.” in the 1940s. However, his company worked for a short period, not more than a decade. The short term of work of this company, which produced such high-quality jewelry, is due to the designer’s age (70s), and, his death in 1954.
According to Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Bieberbach invented original ornamental designs in 1945. Traditionally, he used gold vermeil finish, sterling silver with art glass imitating emeralds, sapphire and ruby, and rhinestones. Signed on the reverse “sterling by Nordic”, or “Nordic Sterling”, most designs include Art Deco style – swirls, ribbons, bows and floral spray brooches and pins.
Gorgeous classic retro style vintage pieces hand crafted by Nordic in the 1940’s are highly collectible now.
According to the vintage jewelry reference books, the company worked with Eisenberg from 1943 to 1948, so sometimes you come across brooches with double markings: Nordic sterling and Eisenberg.

Nordic Sterling vintage costume jewelry